Good inventions Edison's descendants in the Pacific Ocean in the late 1850s, the ancient the Divine people's fantasy is more or less become a reality. The west coast of the United States in the early fifties beach-goers are big place to test their skills. They use ordinary wood and expensive light wood surfboard on the cusp of fun. In the mid-fifties, molded polyurethane foam and glass fiber to replace wooden surfboard. The mobility and durability of these new surfboard surfing are very popular in the late fifties.
Skateboarding is an extension of surfing on land. The former is limited by the geographical and climatic conditions, while the latter has a greater degree of freedom. Sunny Southern California beach community residents quickly made the world's first skateboard.
In today's perspective, it is quite simple for an invention: a 50 * 50CM wood fixed in the iron wheels skating. Even such a simple exercise equipment, because it can provide the same psychological feeling of surfing brings aroused enough interest.
However, this first generation skate (board of its own backwardness is too bulky, inelastic, steering mechanism insensitive wheels too slippery, etc.), skateboarding has not been like this in the popularity of this first skateboard skateboarding video programs "prohibited" (Ban This) to see.
The second generation of skateboarding was born in 1962. This repression by the oak plywood board 15 * 60 cm, skating steering axles and plastic wheels composed. And compared to the first generation of skateboards, skateboard is undoubtedly technically a leap. However, the performance of this plastic skateboard wheel is still far from ideal. He's too small traction skateboards sharp turns when out of control; while his low elasticity even small obstacles will came to an end, skaters fell off the skateboard encountered. At the same time, the wear resistance is also bad. Nevertheless, this skateboard is still widely welcomed by the riders'. After all, and compared to the previous generation of skateboarding, it has been the evolution of a large extent, the relatively large board riders standing and manipulation easier. Most of China's domestic sales skateboard belongs to this second-generation product.
In 1973, a man named Frank Jonas Worthy skateboarders placement of the first polyurethane wheels of his skateboard and achieve an unexpected effect. He then began to call this "Cadillac" brand the wheels sold his skateboard friends. Flexibility wheels not only wearable, but also can make skateboarding safe and secure sharp turn, the ground easily run over small obstacles. Third generation skateboard invention. Reasons skateboard derived from surfing, skateboarding culture in the early seventies basically culture with surfing imprint. Skateboarders and skate park builders are beginning to build a lot of terrain to simulate surfing. Later, they finally realized that the skateboard surfboard resistance, light weight, you can create different from surfing to skateboarding terrain more suitable to achieve greater speed, mobility and self-expression.
"West wind" of Santa Monica, California skateboarding team the abandoned key pass Pool as a venue to practice vertical surface skateboard, a time formed in California looking for swimming pool heat. From then on, skateboarding and surfing from equipment, venue, personnel, completely separated from the projections a different military. New army is not involved in surfing, professional dedication skateboard and began to form their own language, skills, clothing style and music-loving. The formation of a newborn, a city-led skateboard secondary culture.
The mid-seventies was a period of rapid development of the third generation of skateboarding. Premonition that a new kind of sport is necessary to come into being, numerous small skateboard company established by skateboarding and surfing enthusiasts have sprung up, began to expand on the technical quality of the overall competition. The polyurethane wheels the potential is fully tapped. Continuous improvement of polyurethane wheels traction to strengthen the slide, the speed increase can slip even on vertical surfaces.